Few painters have been as celebrated and incorporated into popular culture as Frida Kahlo, often to the detriment of her astonishing achievements as an artist.

In this striking volume, one of the leading experts on Kahlo's work moves beyond the myth to focus on her technique and artistic motifs. Reproductions of her paintings, along with selected details, are accompanied by illuminating observations on the role of physical and mental suffering in her creative process, her mastery and reinvention of European traditions, and the abundance of coded and metaphorical elements hidden in much of her work.

This nuanced study offers an in-depth and enriching exploration of an artist who has too often been reduced to a single narrative, while being an exquisite celebration of Kahlo's genius.

Publisher: Taschen